Chapter 123 Bennett's Invitation

Bennett's invitation represented his trust. This gathering place was the first shelter the dark web was building, located in the city ruins called "Loda Wasteland". It used to be the financial center of a defunct country in South Continent, located in a flat wasteland in the inland of South Continent.

Han Xiao took a special helicopter sent by Bennett. When he looked down at the city from a high altitude, the construction scene of the shelter jumped into his eyes. The first thing he saw was a huge city wall barrier being built, dozens of meters high. In the unfinished area, workers were welding steel bars on the scaffolding. The concrete of the city wall was mixed with other materials, showing a metallic color. It was very defensive. In Han Xiao's professional opinion, he could see that small rocket artillery strikes would at most leave charred marks on the wall. The city wall was built entirely according to fortress standards, and the cost was extremely high.

The wall was painted with a huge dark web logo in red paint, as well as the new name of the city.

Bennett's First Shelter!

The helicopter crossed the city wall, and he saw various engineering machines operating rumblingly in the city, cleaning the road surface and abandoned buildings. Countless workers in gray overalls were shuttling and busy like ants, laying foundations for new buildings, and planning the urban layout. Piles of building materials were piled up in the open air, steel bars, bricks, wood, and various industrial building materials. It was simply a super large construction site.

"The shelter actually uses its own name." Han Xiao patted Bennett on the shoulder, with a look of emotion, "I didn't expect you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, to be such a sly dog."

Bennett unhappily slapped away the hand on his shoulder, and tilted his head, "Let's go, come with me to attend the high-level meeting."

Han Xiao was surprised, "What does a meeting have to do with me?"

Bennett shook his head and laughed, "You are also a high-level executive."

Han Xiao blinked.

Bennett coughed lightly with a fist to his mouth, "I personally guarantee that you will become a high-level director… You won't let me down, will you?"

The dark web had recently reorganized its high-level management. The highest level was the group of founding directors, and Bennett was one of them. Below that were the various high-level directors.

"What are you talking about?" Han Xiao said with a serious face, "When have I ever let you down?"

You're the sly one, Bennett was dumbfounded. He led the way, and Han Xiao also saw the construction project of the shelter up close.

"The First Shelter is our pilot project. I have invested a lot of resources, and the progress is very good. It is expected that a prototype can be built within a year. The layout of the shelter is divided into several aspects: living measures, defensive measures, and resource measures. There must be sufficient infrastructure to meet the basic living needs of the residents, and they must also grow crops and raise livestock for self-production and self-sales to form an internal circular ecosystem. Even if a war breaks out outside, the shelter can survive internally. The final defensive measures are naturally to resist various enemies."

Boom—

A derelict building in front was being demolished, collapsing and raising dust into the sky.

Han Xiao brushed away the dust from his face and啧啧 said, "This one shelter alone has cost you your fortune."

"The material assistance from the six nations can only support the construction of two or three shelters." Bennett said with his hands behind his back: "My plan is to build at least three to five shelters on each continent."

"That's a sky-high price."

"If it can preserve the spark for civilization, these fortunes are not worth mentioning."

Han Xiao said with a哟, "That's amazing, I seem to see a halo behind your head."

The corners of Bennett's mouth twitched.

They came all the way to the brand-new fortress. The dark web's high-level directors were all gathered in the conference hall. As soon as Bennett and Han Xiao entered the door, about a dozen people inside stood up one after another, bowed slightly to show their respect, and nodded to him.

Black Phantom had shown his strength, and now he was already one of the top combat forces on the dark web. In addition, with Bennett's guarantee, the high-level executives here recognized Han Xiao's equal status.

The high-level executives reported the construction progress of the First Shelter one by one. After Bennett finished dealing with it, he said: "The First Shelter has been confirmed to be feasible. The news has been released, and many wanderers have come here, hoping to be sheltered. With the addition of residents, the construction speed can be accelerated, and they can be provided with work opportunities. Participating in the construction of the shelter in person will help cultivate cohesion. It is expected that more and more wanderers will arrive in the next few months as the news of the shelter spreads."

"The construction of the shelter should be done sooner rather than later. I have decided to start the construction of the second and third shelters immediately."

The high-level executives looked at each other. Someone hesitated and asked, "Mr. Bennett, isn't this too hasty? Why not wait for the completion of the First Shelter…"

"Because we don't have much time, we must speed up the process."

"The shelter must have a person in charge, so who will be responsible for the Second Shelter?"

"Sena will be responsible for the Second Shelter." Bennett said. Sena is the current chief director of the dark web and was unanimously elected by a group of old directors as their spokesperson. Naturally, no one opposed this decision.

"The Third Shelter will be the responsibility of Black Phantom."

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Bennett to trust him so much, directly letting him be in charge of an entire shelter, with a very large scope of power.

A group of high-level directors were in an uproar.

Black Phantom had just become a high-level executive, and he was competent for such an important task. His qualifications were a bit unreasonable. Many directors wanted to refute it, but Bennett had already seen through their thoughts and made them speechless with a light sentence.

"The shelter needs a super combat force to guard it. If you are sure that your subordinates are stronger than Black Phantom, then stand up and object."

Stronger than Black Phantom? The directors smiled bitterly. In the entire dark web, except for Bennett and two other retired old guys, no one could beat this upstart Black Phantom.

No one objected, so Bennett announced the end of the meeting. At the same time, he pulled Han Xiao to a private reception room, argued with each other for a while, and then Bennett decisively stopped arguing with Han Xiao about whether or not the person in charge should be paid for such a good deal. He brought the topic back to the right track, and under Han Xiao's contemptuous gaze, he showed the detailed plan for the Third Shelter without blushing or skipping a beat.

"The construction team for the Third Shelter has been basically formed, and the location is in the Gray Iron Ruins…"

Han Xiao felt a little familiar. He suddenly remembered that his secret little base was in the Gray Iron Ruins. This was really a coincidence.

Bennett said the general direction once, and Han Xiao's task was to sit in charge of the whole place, supervise the engineering team, and if any threats occurred nearby, he could solve them with full authority. There was only one requirement, and that was to build the shelter well.

After listening to a long and tedious introduction, Han Xiao was so bored that he almost fell asleep. At this time, the panel finally gave a prompt, and he woke up with a激灵.

[You have opened a new faction [Dark Web Organization], and detected that its subsidiary [Blood Pact Syndicate] has a relationship of: Respect (4450/6000) - [Killer List First]]

[[Dark Web Organization] Initial Relationship: Friendly (2225/3000) - [High-Level Director]]

Joining the dark web's high-level management was due to Bennett's personal relationship. If players wanted to gain a high right to speak in the dark web organization, they would have to at least reach a relationship of Respect. If they wanted to become a high-level executive, they would have to at least刷 to Reverence. Han Xiao did not have such strict pre-requisites. This was the advantage of being an npC. He was more free than the players, and many things were not restricted by the panel.

[You have triggered an A-level main quest [Shelter Project - Third Shelter]!]

Seeing the task requirements, Han Xiao smiled slightly. As he guessed, becoming the person in charge of the Third Shelter, the task was to build, and the type was also a series task, divided into dozens of requirements, disassembling the construction blueprint into individual parts. Completing each part of the construction was equivalent to completing a requirement, covering defense measures, residential housing, infrastructure, construction, cleaning up the ruins, cultivating planting, animal husbandry, etc., equivalent to transforming a city.

The task prompted that if there were any emergencies, he would be responsible for solving them, and the score would be increased or decreased accordingly.

The more requirements completed, the higher the completion and evaluation, and the rewards would be given according to the evaluation.

The situation for players doing this main quest through normal channels was completely different from his. Players had to receive different tasks from bottom-level or middle-level characters, and participate in the main quest of building the city from different side quests, adding bricks and tiles. Han Xiao received the total task in which all the side quests were condensed into one. This was the benefit of becoming a core participant. It was convenient to统筹 the overall situation, and it was clear what to do.

His rewards were also incomparable to other players. The scattered tasks that the players did would eventually be counted in the progress of his supervision of the shelter construction, indirectly completing his requirements. As mentioned before, even the same task would vary from person to person. Han Xiao, through his special relationship with the dark web, obtained this task with many benefits.

"But there are some difficulties…" Bennett coughed lightly and said, "Because of the tight funding and resources concentrated in the First and Second Shelters, the number of people who follow you to build the Third Shelter may be relatively small…"

"How many?" Han Xiao suddenly had a bad feeling. The First Shelter had tens of thousands of workers, so even if it was less, it shouldn't be too little.

"About a thousand people…"

Han Xiao虚着 eyes, with an expression of "Are you kidding me?".

Bennett was embarrassed, "The main reason is that the working capital is not in place. You will only have this many people in the first month, and then we will hire more people to help you."

Han Xiao picked up the bear cub lying on his lap and snoring, and smashed it at Bennett. The bear cub fell on the sofa, with its four feet facing the sky, and opened its sleepy eyes, confused.

"Hit him." Han Xiao pointed.

The bear cub blinked its eyes blankly, staring at the finger for a long time before realizing what it meant. It turned over and sat down, and slapped Bennett on the left face.

Bennett smiled wryly, rubbed the bear cub's furry fat butt, and pushed it aside. He said, "I know it's a bit difficult, but I can only trouble you. No one else has this ability."

Han Xiao pondered for a while, turned his eyes, and nodded, "Don't worry, in a month, I can build a prototype similar to your shelter."

Bennett's requirements for the Third Shelter were very low. As long as he could stabilize his footing within a month and complete the cleanup of the ruins, it would be enough. He only thought that Han Xiao was casually talking nonsense at this time and didn't take it to heart.

"By the way, I have another request." Han Xiao said.

"What?"

Han Xiao smiled嘿嘿, "The Third Shelter should use my name."

Bennett had already done this, so how could Han Da技师 be inferior to others? Moreover, building a shelter with his own name would also刷 a large wave of presence and produce a long-term impact.